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Let observation with observant view, Observe mankind from China to Peru.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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The first blow is half the battle.
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One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.
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An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.
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In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.
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Thus 'tis with all their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are.
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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
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The person whose clothes are extremely fine I am too apt to consider as not being possessed of any superiority of fortune, but resembling those Indians who are found to wear all the gold they have in the world in a bob at the nose.
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Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.
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Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
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Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.
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